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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hercules rockefeller:
I'd go with the EVO, even before last weeks FroYo update fiasco. HTC's are more reliable, in my opinion. I just moved my wife from a Samsung moment to the EVO shift and she loves is. granted, it's not fair to make a comparison regarding the EPIC based on experiences with the Moment, which everybody will agree is not half the phone the EPIC is. But my experience with Samsung compared to HTC in general is that HTC is the far superior brand.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bees2001:
I would go with the evo. I have a friend who tried both and really just liked the evo better. The only thing that made me a little apprehensive at first was it was all touch, but I got used to it quick and would never go back.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xlGmanlx:
hardware wise i think the epic is better, but its samsung who have proven they don't really support their newer tech and their UI skin isn't my favorite. The evo's aftermarket community is probably second only to the nexus phones and on par with the droid phones and the Evo is still sprints flagship android phone. Plus HTC build quality is nice and i like sense and it allows me to use it with my work email so for me its a no brainer
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frettfreak:
Evo without a doubt. If you are on these forums and are interested in future development, has to be evo. Samsung seems to be pissing a LOT of people off and it doesn't seem like there are really that many devs working on them.

HTC and EVO are the way to go IMO. All i can say is i have had my evo since launch day and i dont see a phone coming to sprint any time soon that will make me want to get new one. I LOVE MY PHONE...

And like people have said, Get the Evo, try it for 30. You will probably not go back to the Epic!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twiz0r:
Htc build quality is nice? Let me hit what you're smoking lol. But seriously I'd go evo if you want to be a power user

Swyped from my cyanogenized and gingerbreaded EVO
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ryjabo:
My wife and I recently changed over to Sprint and at first, we both got Epics. Within my 30 days I changed to the EVO and I don't regret that choice for a minute. The factors in my decision:

1. I knew I was going to root and flash a new ROM anyway (CM7 is amazing) so I didn't care what it had to offer stock.

2. I hate having a physical keyboard.

3. I don't play games on the phone.

4. Display: the SuperAMOLED screen on the Epic is gorgeous, no doubt, and oh how I wish the EVO had one, but honestly it wasn't a determining factor for me, and it shouldn't be for anyone. You can tell that it's a different type of screen (sometimes you can see a little tracing) and the colors aren't as vibrant, but it's still a pretty display on the EVO.

Yes, the Epic has a better processor and GPU, but having had my EVO for a while now, it feels solid, which is important for me. My wife likes her Epic because of the "pretty screen" and the keyboard, but whenever I am doing something with it (installing something for her or whatever) it feels like a cheap toy compared to my EVO.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ausch30:
I second this. For the longest time I fell in love with this thing a little more every day. A few months ago we kind of got in a bit of a rut, then CM7 came out and she's more beautiful than ever (No CM7 for Epic). As everyone has said, there's no comparison between the two when it comes to development. A friend has the Epic and I taught her how to use it and have played around with it extensively and for me, my EVO is superior.

There were some build quality issues at the beginning (I swapped out my launch day unit due to screen separation) but I think they've got that all fixed. The Epic just feels to light and cheap to me.

For anyone who talks about the Epics faster CPU/GPU, how much of it can it really use while it's stuck with 2.1. This is my quadrant score running CM7 RC1. Granted, synthetic benchmarks aren't a totally accurate gauge of performance but I'm pretty satisfied with this.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aimbdd:
op, remember where you are posting this... ;)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slayer450:
I know, I posted in the epic forums to. I wanted to hear from both sides :) you can't make a decision on what just one side says.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ausch30:
I don't disagree and I hate synthetics. I do know though that the performance of the EVO with all the development that's gone on since launch is competitive with the Epics performance.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slayer450:
Its just a really hard choice to make. If this phone ever gets the support it deserves it would rule. But that's a really big IF. With the way samsung is going I don't know if it will ever see a fully functional 2.2 prob never 2.3 or above like we all know the evo will
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
Quadrant scores don't mean real world performance. You can have a regular setting and get "okay" scores, but throw on setcpu at max overclocking and take the test and have high scores, it just superficial and can't be accurate. But the Evo does have excellent performance while not being overclocked at all.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kids88yj:
My wife and I have both. The key board can be nice but the evo wins everything else. My sister inlaw tried both and went with the evo and never looked back.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anguyen2008:
It really just comes down to what you want out of your phone. If you want a phone with a phyiscal keyboard at least now the EVO Shift is an option!

As another member previously mentioned, I would take full advantage of the 30-day trial peroid. Just don't get too attached to the phone (unless you plan on keeping it)! :P
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
Personally, I believe the Evo will last longer and recieve more support, seeing how it is still the selling point phone; its for a reason.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] phillytye215:
i want to know which is better the Nand method or the SD method,which is more stable to put on my htc hd2,thing that i want to work for me that are must are the mms/sms send and receive,the cam and the wifi-and to be able to close the apps and not have all of them running when i start up the phone also i was haveing a problem everytime i turned the phone off then put in the wall charger it would just turn off,if one could point me in the right direction in to which is betterthat would help,as well as direction on to install either one SD/NAND METHOD.thanx a mill:D:D
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] taniwha913:
personnally, i noticed a huge improvement when i switched from sd to nand. incomparable.

far better, all aspects. no more disconnections, better battery life, less lags, i donot regret winmo.

My favorite rom is sergio's team core droid rom series for all the fancy effects and, of course, the swiftness.

I did not even try other ones, and tiped the team. but i'm sure others will tell otherwise.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] slbenz:
I would agree with the above poster. Going from a SD build to a NAND build, the NAND build is much smoother and uses less battery. The best I could get on standby on a SD build was 7-9mA and actual use from 300-450mA. The NAND build uses on standby from 2-3mA and actual use from 125-300mA. If you are a TMOUS, then you should try Cmylxgo's Desire HD(2) build. The build addresses everything you are asking. It even uses an optimized gps.conf file to lock onto the GPS satellites quicker.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] phillytye215:
do you have the link for that one Cmylxgo's Desire HD(2) build.cuz that sounds like you said address all my issue
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] slbenz:
Here you go: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=915159
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] zarathustrax:
I've couldn't really tell a difference between NAND and SD as far as performance and battery life. I got 3-5ma on standby with NAND, and currently I get 3-6ma on standby with SD builds. No noticeable difference in performance. The nice thing about NAND is having clockwork and being able to change out SD card. Also more builds available for NAND now. I used NAND for a little more than a month, but I felt like I took away what makes the HD2 special and unique and turned it into just another common android device like everybody has. With android flashed to NAND, the HD2 can't do anything that an Evo can't do. I was thinking about going back to WinMo because I still liked using that sometimes, when WP7 was released for HD2. After trying that, I couldn't be happier with my HD2. What other phone can run 2 great OS's almost as good as the native phones can. I now use both WP7 and Android about equally, and at this point wouldn't be able to decide between the 2 OS's if I had to get a new phone. Luckily I don't have to pick right now with the HD2. I don't think we'll ever see a phone as versatile as the HD2 is again. Hopefully soon I'll be able to boot WP7(nand), Android(sd), WM6.5(sd), and Ubuntu(sd) all from my hope at any given time.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] phillytye215:
thanks for the info and your take on it your way more advanced then iam when it comes to all that
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] phillytye215:
thank you for the link and what i was reading it has everything i want and need hopeful the install part is easy will try this when i get off work thank you again for your help
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] phillytye215:
ok so i flashed a rom useing the nand method the problem iam haveing now is that wheni turn the phone off to charge it.and put the wall usb in the phone comes on,as well the when i got to the task killer app just about all the apps are open some are open that i never even touched,any info would help
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] zarathustrax:
With magldr, you need phone on to charge. It will automatically boot when plugged in. You must charge with phone on.

And some apps do things in the background without you doing anything. Task killers aren't actually needed in android... they usually mess things up more than helps. Android is good at managing memory on it's own.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] phillytye215:
now i have a data plan but not unlimited will those open apps effect my data plan:confused:
[Windows Phone 7 General] deadwrong03:
is there any hope of us getting a official File Manager? they said they werent going to allow a file manager but they said the same thing about multitasking and now they're allowing that has any thing been said about the possibility of them adding a file manager? and downloading mp3's and things from the web? they can limit the access to the file system if they wanted so i dont see the big deal about allowing us to have a file explorer

i know touch xplorer is out there but will there be a official one from microsoft? has anybody used touch xplorer? how is it compared to the old windows mobile file explorer?
[Windows Phone 7 General] Omega Ra:
I doubt it. And it isn't a task manager per se...more of an app switcher, so far as I can tell you can't kill the app from there. And I believe the multi-tasking is still iOS-esque in the sense that it tombstones still (except some apps are allowed to petition for run in the background [i.e. music apps]) and just restarts the app, but it does it much faster now.
[Windows Phone 7 General] sure haven't:
I really don't understand this. If you want all that, go get an Android device. Wp7 is good because it's so lean and -easy-. Not that I mean that file managers aret hard to use. But I don't care to look at my files in a big list in a folder. Honestly, what's the point? I use my phone quickly, I put it back in my pocket. There are no apps taking up battery life or memory. For f**k's sake, stop with this ****.
[Windows Phone 7 General] MartyLK:
Not likely at all. A file explorer would open up the system to manipulation and allow things to be added that could compromise the integrity of the system. The multi-task'er won't harm the system and will be one of the best there is.
[Windows Phone 7 General] nick109:
I agree, that is the best reason why file managers would not be implemented. However, I think with Nokia's entrance in WP7 scene and considering their stance on closed & limited use of phones, we are likely to see a few things "enabled" at least on the developer side.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Silent Shark:
They never said there wouldn't be multitasking, they merely said they hadn't worked out a way to do it they were happy with. It's always been a 'coming soon' feature.

I doubt we'll get a 'File Explorer' in the way you want it, but I can see in future more freedom in adding/removing music, photos and videos. I can see you being able to download things through the web browser to the appropriate hub (provided the phone recognises the content type). I also think at some point they will allow you to load files into 3rd party apps storage areas, for example the Adobe Reader.
[Windows Phone 7 General] orangekid:
if that's all you use your phone for why are you even on xda?
[Windows Phone 7 General] ohgood:
compromise the integrity of the system, how ? by adding, moving, deleting .... files ? crap man, that's what computers are for is file manipulation !

a task manager will harm the system (or battery life mostly) more than a filer would ever dream. messing with already -really- nicely done scheduling is osmething that doesn't need to be done. ever.

my 2 cents
[Windows Phone 7 General] CSMR:
Good grief. Look people if you don't understand what files are you shouldn't be posting about them.

Files store information in a structured way.

Sometimes this information is intended for use with only one program. E.g. files storing user settings. It is best for these files to be isolated for use only by this program.

Sometimes this information is in a standard format, usable by any program. E.g. mp3, jpeg, rtf, html, wmv or most files you know about. These files should be usable to any program, with restrictions by user only.

WP7 is an irredemably flawed system until it has this ability.

Once it is there anyone can write a file manager. Microsoft doesn't need to provide one.
[Windows Phone 7 General] DavidinCT:
Once you have a file browser, you need to have assoiations so you can open files with applications. This opens a whole new world.

Personally, I would love have a section of the memory on WP7 device to use as a USB drive, just so you can view

your

files on the device (music, Videos, word/execl docs, etc) and have a explorer just for those files. The OS would not get touched and everyone is happy.
[Windows Phone 7 General] amtrakcn:
MS did not say they are not going to allow Multi-tasking, it's just not added yet.
[Windows Phone 7 General] sure haven't:
Well that's not all I use it for. I also use it for company email, hotmail, games, music/radio apps, etc. But the point is I like it's simplicity and ease of use. You put it away and it's good to go. There's no making sure you have to close apps, etc.

As for why I'm on here, I joined a long time ago for windows mobile, and of course got awesome awesome apps and tweaks here. And when I got a wp7, I just came here to talk about it, since I love it. I don't think being a genius developer is a prerequisite of being here?
[Windows Phone 7 General] Jim Coleman:
I think personally that the people who are clamouring for a file manager have completely missed the whole point of Windows Phone.

The point is, you don't NEED a file manager, because your files are managed for you.

If your life is incomplete without a file manager,

A) Get out more

or

B) Get an Android phone
[Windows Phone 7 General] deadwrong03:
but if your downloading something like a .rar file or a zip file u cant move it where u want or anything. On my windows mobile i download music and other files in rar and zip folders all the time, and add it to my library and update it all the time without the use of a computer and this is what worries me the most about wp7
[Windows Phone 7 General] GuestK00306:
His point is that you shouldn't need to move it. A file should be associated with a program and it should reside in that program's memory space.

The whole File Manager aspect is archaic in a lot of respects. You shouldn't need to move it, you shouldn't need to extract the zip, you shouldn't need to add it to your library - it should be done for you.

I think the a appropriate request would be for Microsoft to allow 3rd parties to associate file types to their software - although this opens the system up to malicious softwares, it would allow developers to be much more creative.

Don't complain just because it isn't done the way you're used to - remember, this is no longer Windows Mobile
[Windows Phone 7 General] FTC:
....is this what you are looking for?

http://www.1800pocketpc.com/2011/03/01/windows-phone-device-manager-video-preview.html#more-18329

FTC
[Windows Phone 7 General] efjay:
Such a scenario is not supported with WP7 now and probably never will be if MS sticks to their design principles with WP7. If such functionality is vital to you its probably best to consider another smartphone OS as WP7 will not be suitable for your needs.
[Windows Phone 7 General] CSMR:
And it's completely wrong. Only internal files that are understandable only to that application should reside in the applications isolated storage.

Actually his point was that Big Brother is looking after your files, and has chosen how they should be accessed; anyone who wants to do things differently should question whether he is a normal person.

One reason is that folders are used for organization.

That is great, and it assumes that there are files independent of applications. That is the key point and it's what I'm arguing for.

Yes, it allows more things. There is no security risk however as only applications do things. Files don't do things. Applications can still be sandboxed (within silverlight) and access files. Of course a malicious application might delete files in common storage, but there are various ways of protecting against this, and it's an infinitessimal risk in practice.
[Windows Phone 7 General] nickallison:
Agreed.

Emailing Documents is a pain in the arse.
[Windows Phone 7 General] deadwrong03:
so by this logic then they should be able to make a pocketrar app and have it available in the marketplace then correct? is it too far fetched for a app like that to be made?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vinnyjr:
Downloaded the Gingerbread OTA update from link at XDA. My clock in the Notificaton bar is white and the battery, signal and 3G is green. My question is about the white clock, should it also be green???? I could swear it was green earlier in the day but I might be wrong. Just want to check what everyone else has on their phones.

Thanks,

Vinny :confused:
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Know-Fear:
Clock is white. Pull down shows white date as well. That is normal.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vinnyjr:
Thanks, I was going crazy over nothing. I thought it was green and it changed to white. Funny how little things like that drive me crazy.

Vinny :o
[General Questions and Answers] RobinDean:
I've downloaded and goofed with a few of the different "autorun" / "autostart" managers out there. Most of which seem to do what they aim to. However, none of them successfully provide the result I'm after.

I have eBuddy. I want it to start AFTER my phone is completely booted and the data network is actively operational.

The autorun apps I've tried open eBuddy before the network is ready to provide access, so my eBuddy login fails.

I'm a newb (obviously) but I'm fairly protocol/code savvy.

Can someone point me in the right direction or provide some tips?
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spc_hicks09:
So in my efforts to update my phone, I downloaded the July 2010 OTA radio. I also tried flashing the sprint radio 2.42.02.10.29

To my surprise, neither of them worked. It's like I am permanently unable to flash a radio. I can flash roms, themes, boot animations and everything else, just not radios. If anyone has any suggestions for this I greatly appreciate it. Here are the radios I've tried to flash and where I got them from.

2.42.01.04.27 from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=728529

2.42.02.10.29 from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=853868

Haven't seen anyone else on here ever have this issue except for 1 person and when I checked his post, no one had replied to it and it was almost a year old lol. Any help with this at all ?
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doogald:
So you are saying that you followed those instructions exactly and it did not flash?

In other words, you:

- copied that 2.42.02.10.29.zip file to the root of your SD card;

- you checked the MD5 of that file to make sure that it was fully downloaded;

- restarted in recovery and flashed that .zip file;

- you rebooted the phone and a very different screen appeared;

- it went back to Recovery with a message at the bottom saying "formatting cache..."

- you waited about a minute (it says 5 seconds, but I waited longer) and then rebooted the phone

And your radio baseband version did not update?
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spc_hicks09:
That's exactly what I'm saying. I flashed both radios and waited 10-15 on both of them and neither one of them did anything !?! So confused :confused:
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doogald:
Well, if it's any consolation I haven't noticed anything different about that radio. People report that they get more "bars", but that's just a display thing - it doesn't mean that they get better performance or signal from the radio version.

You can try unrooting with btfb0's Flashback21 ROM - there is a version that flashes the current Verizon radio - and then re-root after that and see if it updates the radio for you.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=792026

Take the version of that with the radio, obviously.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bftb0:
What bootloader (version) and recovery (version) are on the phone when you perform the flashing operation?

What is the version # of the radio firmware which doesn't get removed/overflashed?

When you complete the flashing operation, are you using the reboot menu item? (I'm presuming you are not pulling the battery or something unusual like that, but thought I would ask for completeness sake)

bftb0

PS If you have the engineering bootloader on your phone (1.49.2000 S-OFF), you can just flash the radio with fastboot from the PC:

fastboot flash radio radio.img
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spc_hicks09:
At work now but I will check it out when I get home. Im not sure how to check some of the stuff you're talking about so I will need your guidance later if possible.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spc_hicks09:
Recovery Version

RA-eris-v1.6.2

On HBOOT screen I see this:

PB00100 XC SHIP S-ON

HBOOT-1.49.0000 (PB0010000)

MICROP-0111

TOUCH PANEL-MELFAS_45_17

RADIO-2.42.00.04.12

FEB 8 2010, 00:08:56

Radio that will not change or anything is:

2.42.00.04.12 which is the pre July 2010 OTA update Radio

Yes you presumed right, I am "rebooting" through the recovery menu as opposed to pulling the battery or anything else.